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Salute to Stark County vets

February 20, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

Sculptor Linda Little, left, and project lead Dave Logosz speak about the first completed part of the Stark County Veterans’ Memorial, the bronze soldier between them. Continue Reading

Memorial to 38 hanged Dakota men unveiled

December 26, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

MANKATO, Minn. Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday for the unveiling of a memorial to 38 Dakota men who were hanged 150 years ago to the day in what is the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Continue Reading

Veterans memorial to be built in Heron Lake

December 26, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

HERON LAKE The city of Heron Lake and its surrounding area will soon have a veterans memoria built to honor those who have served their country. Continue Reading

Rapid City event draws attention to suicides

December 24, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Youth in dire situations are taught to speak out.
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‘A calamity which may well appall us’

December 22, 2012 in The Daily Republic

The end of an 1862 war sent 38 Indians to the gallows and hundreds more to modern-day South Dakota; 150 years later, memorial riders are trying to heal the wound.
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Ride marks 150th year since hangings

December 13, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Event passes through Woonsocket, Howard on way to Mankato.

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4 victims of Rapid City building fire remembered

December 7, 2012 in The Daily Republic

RAPID CITY (AP) Friends of a woman and three grandsons who died in an apartment building fire in Rapid City gathered at the scene for a candlelight vigil.
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The Wahpeton Park District works to install sculpture garden at Chahinkapa Zoo

November 16, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

A sculpture park is taking shape within Wahpeton’s Chahinkapa Park thanks to the efforts of volunteers who are donating equipment and time. The garden will be in honor of Luke Allmendinger who died in 2009 of a brain tumor. Continue Reading

Farmer uses ten foot tall rock to pay tribute to veterans

November 11, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Orest River’s Leonoard Kubousek is a farmer and a veteran. After farming around a large rock for years he decides to make it into a tribute to veterans. Continue Reading

Volunteers set record $100,000 goal for Rice Health Foundation fundraiser

October 31, 2012 in West Central Tribune

WILLMAR Organizers of the Rice Health Foundation’s annual holiday festival this month hope to raise a record $100,000 from the event.
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